Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus amalecitanus Boiss. sect. Ammodendron |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 9: 46 (1849) |
Native Range | Israel to Sinai |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | grey hirsute, stipules attenuate, yellowish, bidentate, ciliate, leaves short, leaflets 3-4-pairs, approximate, oblong, acute, heads 4-5-flowered, pod oblong, sessile |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Tragacantha amalecitana (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) |